PALANI (AC 127)
RAVIMANOHARAN. K of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won PALANI in the Tamil Nadu 2026 Assembly Election by +693 votes. 16 candidates contested.
Winner
RAVIMANOHARAN. K
AIADMK
Votes66,986Net worthRs 83.60 CrAge57EducationOthersCriminal cases3
Runner-up
DR. PRAVEEN KUMAR. M
TVK
Votes66,293Net worthRs 7.93 CrAge40EducationPost GraduateCriminal cases0
Margin +693 votes (0.52% of top-2 vote share).
All candidates — PALANI
Votes & margin: Election Commission of India. Net worth, age, education and criminal-case counts: candidate affidavits as declared, not independently verified. More on sources.
| # ▲ | Candidate | Party | Votes | Net worth | Crim | Age | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAVIMANOHARAN. K | AIADMK | 66,986 | Rs 83.60 Cr | 3 | 57 | won |
| 2 | DR. PRAVEEN KUMAR. M | TVK | 66,293 | Rs 7.93 Cr | 0 | 40 | lost |
| 3 |  PANDI. N | CPI(M) | 65,534 | Rs 53.91 L | 10 | 68 | lost |
| 4 |  MURUGESWARI. B | NTK | 6,300 | Rs 3.48 L | 0 | 27 | lost |
| 5 |  NACHIMUTHU. S | BAHUJA | 585 | Rs 11.71 L | 0 | 50 | lost |
| 6 |  JAYAKUMAR. T | IND | 520 | Rs 1.20 L | 0 | 29 | lost |
| 7 |  PRAVEENKUMAR. R | IND | 283 | Rs -5.46 L | 0 | 29 | lost |
| 8 |  RAMAMOORTHI. G | RASHTR | 273 | Rs 6.76 Cr | 0 | 50 | lost |
| 9 |  ASHOKKUMAR. G | IND | 254 | — | — | — | lost |
| 10 |  BALACHANDRAN. M | IND | 214 | Rs 18.65 L | 0 | 47 | lost |
| 11 |  MADHESWARI. R | IND | 178 | Rs 5.20 L | 0 | 45 | lost |
| 12 |  VAYKKALDURAI. K | PUTHIY | 151 | Rs 15,000 | 0 | 47 | lost |
| 13 |  THANNASIAPPAN. P | IND | 136 | Rs 5.50 L | 0 | 64 | lost |
| 14 |  THIRUMALAISAMY. B | IND | 92 | Rs 22.50 L | 0 | 51 | lost |
| 15 |  ANBARASU. R | IND | 70 | Rs 4.01 L | 0 | 46 | lost |
| 16 |  NOTA | NONE O | 750 | — | — | — |